03 July,2016 11:45 AM IST | | IANS
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has suspended Russia’s 2012 Olympic high jump champion Anna Chicherova pending a probe into doping abuse during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the athlete told TASS on Friday.
Anna Chicherova
Moscow: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has suspended Russia's 2012 Olympic high jump champion Anna Chicherova pending a probe into doping abuse during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the athlete told TASS on Friday.
Anna Chicherova
"A letter has just come: the IAAF has suspended me starting today from all competitions for the time of the probe into the matter," Chicherova said.
Chicherova, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing confirmed that her sample had tested positive for doping.
